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March 16th, 2010
March 15th, 2010

Scoring Chances: G69 Oilers at Columbus, Mar 15th

Scoring Chances for NHL Game Number 21026

Team Period Time Note EDM Opponent  
CBJ 1 19:50 6 10 18 40 77 91 1 10 15 20 50 51 5v5
CBJ 1 15:28 PP 6 10 18 40 77 1 10 18 20 50 51 4v5
CBJ 1 14:47 PP 6 10 18 40 77 1 10 18 20 50 51 4v5
CBJ 1 13:45 2 13 27 40 49 67 1 4 15 16 22 93 5v5
CBJ 1 9:30 6 13 27 40 43 67 1 3 4 11 17 26 5v5
EDM 1 8:41 PP 16 6 16 40 77 78 89 1 3 18 50 51 5v4
CBJ 1 6:03 13 27 40 41 43 67 1 4 11 17 26 51 5v5
CBJ 1 5:25 Goal 6 12 40 77 78 89 1 3 10 16 18 93 5v5
CBJ 1 2:01 PP 10 post 6 10 27 40 91 1 3 22 50 4v3
EDM 1 1:59 PP 91 6 10 27 40 91 1 3 22 50 4v3
EDM 1 1:46 PP 10 6 10 27 40 91 1 3 22 50 51 4v4
EDM 1 1:42 6 10 27 40 91 1 3 22 50 51 4v4
EDM 1 1:09 2 12 16 27 40 78 1 4 20 26 51 5v4
EDM 2 18:08 Goal 12 12 40 41 43 78 89 1 3 4 16 18 93 5v5
CBJ 2 15:30 Goal 2 13 27 40 49 67 1 3 11 20 50 51 5v5
EDM 2 15:00 12 12 40 41 43 78 89 1 3 16 18 22 93 5v5
EDM 2 11:59 89 2 6 12 40 78 89 1 3 18 26 51 93 5v5
CBJ 2 9:52 16 18 40 41 43 1 10 15 16 51 93 4v5
CBJ 2 9:33 6 16 40 77 78 1 4 15 16 22 93 4v5
CBJ 2 7:55 2 10 18 40 49 91 1 3 15 20 22 50 5v5
EDM 2 7:03 PP 89 6 16 39 40 77 89 1 10 17 26 51 5v4
CBJ 2 5:03 13 16 40 43 49 67 1 3 4 15 20 50 5v5
CBJ 2 5:01 13 16 40 43 49 67 1 3 4 15 20 50 5v5
EDM 2 4:38 13 13 16 40 43 49 67 1 3 4 15 20 50 5v5
CBJ 2 0:40 6 13 27 40 67 77 1 3 10 11 17 26 5v5
CBJ 3 19:20 Goal 6 10 18 40 77 91 1 3 15 20 50 51 5v5
CBJ 2 18:16 12 40 41 43 78 89 1 3 4 16 18 93 5v5
EDM 3 17:28 16 6 12 16 40 46 77 1 10 12 40 43 51 5v5
EDM 3 15:53 Goal 27 2 13 27 40 49 67 1 4 15 20 22 26 5v5
CBJ 3 15:36 post 6 13 27 40 67 77 1 10 11 17 22 26 5v5
EDM 3 15:26 67 6 13 27 40 67 77 1 10 11 17 22 26 5v5
CBJ 3 13:24 Goal 6 10 18 40 77 91 1 3 15 20 50 51 5v5
EDM 3 12:15 Goal 2 2 12 40 49 78 89 1 3 4 16 18 93 5v5
CBJ 3 11:51 6 16 39 40 46 77 1 10 12 22 40 43 5v5
CBJ 3 11:11 post 2 12 40 49 78 89 1 10 15 20 22 50 5v5
CBJ 3 11:10 2 12 40 49 78 89 1 10 15 20 22 50 5v5
EDM 3 9:22 91 10 18 40 41 43 91 1 10 15 22 26 50 5v5
CBJ 3 7:03 16 39 40 41 43 46 1 4 12 22 40 43 5v5
CBJ 3 7:02 16 39 40 41 43 46 1 4 12 22 40 43 5v5
# Player EV PP SH
2 A. JOHNSON 17:23 3 5 1:30 1 0 0:06 0 0
6 R. WHITNEY 19:58 5 8 4:30 3 1 1:43 0 3
10 S. HORCOFF 13:08 3 4 3:09 1 1 2:10 0 2
12 R. NILSSON 12:51 5 4 1:59 1 0 0:00 0 0
13 A. COGLIANO 16:05 3 8 0:32 0 0 0:13 0 0
16 R. POTULNY 9:47 2 5 2:23 3 0 1:37 0 2
18 E. MOREAU 12:59 1 4 0:00 0 0 2:31 0 3
27 D. PENNER 15:51 4 6 2:57 2 1 0:13 0 0
39 C. MINARD 7:42 0 3 0:53 1 0 0:00 0 0
40 D. DUBNYK 49:22 11 19 6:00 4 1 4:00 0 4
41 T. CHORNEY 13:49 3 4 0:00 0 0 2:11 0 1
43 J. STRUDWICK 15:08 4 7 0:00 0 0 2:11 0 1
46 Z. STORTINI 10:14 1 3 0:00 0 0 0:00 0 0
49 T. PECKHAM 14:34 3 7 0:00 0 0 0:06 0 0
67 G. BRULE 15:04 3 8 0:34 0 0 0:00 0 0
77 T. GILBERT 17:46 2 7 3:05 2 0 1:43 0 3
78 M. POULIOT 11:33 4 4 2:18 2 0 1:16 0 1
89 S. GAGNER 12:44 4 4 2:33 2 0 0:00 0 0
91 M. COMRIE 12:56 3 4 2:43 1 1 0:00 0 0
Period Totals EV PP 5v3 PP SH 5v3 SH
1 5 8 2 5 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
2 5 8 4 6 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
3 5 8 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 15 24 11 19 4 1 0 0 0 4 0 0
March 15th, 2010

Alexander Ovechkin and Bill Muckalt

Ted Leonsis has a lot to say about Alexander Ovechkin getting ejected from the Capitals game against the Blackhawks yesterday:

When Ovechkin was tossed for basically pushing a Blackhawk player I received a bunch of emails. Some from our fans, some from Pens fans, and some from fans in Chicago. Suffice to say the opinions about the play ranged all over the map. I don’t think Alex should have received a game misconduct for that play. I don’t think he should miss our next game either. Matt Cooke didn’t get suspended or a penalty called on his hit last week, but Alex Ovechkin the league’s MVP did on that play? I don’t get it. But it is what it is. We will move on, play hard and we won’t “explain or complain”.

The last sentence would be a little more stirring if he hadn’t spent the rest of the paragraph complaining. He also loses marks for the inexplicable quotation marks, but that’s a personal peeve.

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March 15th, 2010

Win with Winkler

There are certain parallels between the Kansas City Royals and Edmonton Oilers that go beyond analytically inclined fans (possibly because both Kansas City and Edmonton offer little to do beyond obsess over the circumstances of the local sporting concern). Neither franchise has been particularly relevant since the salad days in the 1980’s, both franchises have a history of clumsy totalitarian actions when criticized and neither has particularly innovative management at the moment. Rany Jazayerli summed up my experience as an Oilers fan a few months back when he wrote:

I can’t keep writing five-thousand-word screeds every time Moore makes the Royals the laughingstock of baseball, and besides, I’m at the point where I’m repeating myself every time I write about a player acquisition. It’s hard not to repeat myself when the Royals keep repeating themselves.

Still, as a general rule of thumb, any time the Royals make a move that inspires friends to send emails of condolences and #royalsfail to become a trending topic on Twitter, I have to write something.

If there’s a distinction to be drawn between the Oilers and the Royals, it’s that the Oilers are a rather wealthy team at the moment, if a bad one. The owner says that the general manager (whoever that might really be) is free to do what he wants to make the team better. With that in mind, I thought I’d point out how a wealthy team could do some rebuilding through restricted free agency.

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March 14th, 2010

Scoring Chances: G68 Oilers at Toronto, Mar 13th

Scoring Chances for NHL Game Number 21007

Team Period Time Note EDM Opponent  
EDM 1 19:12 18 10 18 38 41 43 91 2 15 33 45 50 84 5v5
EDM 1 18:49 18 10 18 38 41 43 91 4 33 36 45 50 84 5v5
TOR 1 17:59 2 38 39 49 78 89 3 15 16 20 39 50 5v5
TOR 1 17:52 2 38 39 49 78 89 3 16 20 22 39 50 5v5
TOR 1 16:57 12 16 38 41 43 46 3 18 22 28 50 51 5v5
EDM 1 16:17 13 13 27 38 41 43 67 4 36 41 42 50 81 5v5
TOR 1 15:41 13 18 38 41 43 67 2 15 42 45 50 81 5v5
TOR 1 15:20 2 10 18 38 49 91 2 15 33 45 50 84 5v5
EDM 1 14:51 91 2 10 18 38 49 91 4 33 36 45 50 84 5v5
TOR 1 13:50 6 38 39 77 78 89 3 16 20 22 39 50 5v5
EDM 1 13:40 78 6 38 39 77 78 89 3 16 20 22 39 50 5v5
EDM 1 11:59 PP 39 6 38 39 77 78 89 3 20 22 39 50 5v4
TOR 1 9:33 6 12 13 27 38 49 3 15 33 45 50 84 5v5
TOR 1 8:25 2 6 38 39 78 89 2 15 18 28 50 51 5v5
EDM 1 6:44 13 13 27 38 41 43 67 3 22 33 45 50 84 5v5
TOR 1 6:26 6 12 16 38 46 77 4 36 41 42 50 81 5v5
TOR 1 5:57 6 12 16 38 46 77 4 36 41 42 50 81 5v5
EDM 1 2:59 27 6 13 27 38 67 77 3 22 33 45 50 84 5v5
TOR 1 1:55 2 12 16 38 46 49 2 15 41 42 50 81 5v5
TOR 2 19:16 6 13 27 38 67 77 3 22 41 42 50 81 5v5
EDM 2 19:03 Goal 13 6 13 27 38 67 77 3 15 45 50 81 84 5v5
TOR 2 18:43 10 18 38 41 43 91 2 15 33 45 50 84 5v5
EDM 2 16:23 41 13 27 38 41 43 77 15 22 33 45 50 84 5v5
TOR 2 15:36 Goal 2 6 38 39 67 89 2 16 20 36 39 50 5v5
TOR 2 14:11 PP 2 10 18 38 49 3 15 41 42 50 81 4v5
TOR 2 14:09 PP 2 10 18 38 49 3 15 41 42 50 81 4v5
TOR 2 13:45 PP Goal 16 38 43 77 3 15 41 42 50 81 3v5
TOR 2 13:10 PP Goal 10 38 49 77 78 22 33 36 45 50 84 4v5
TOR 2 9:24 12 38 41 43 89 2 15 41 50 84 4v4
TOR 2 9:06 12 38 41 43 46 89 2 3 15 41 50 84 5v5
EDM 2 7:21 16 6 12 16 38 46 77 2 15 33 45 50 84 5v5
EDM 2 6:49 Goal 67 6 13 27 38 67 77 3 22 41 42 50 81 5v5
TOR 2 6:12 PP 6 12 16 27 38 77 2 20 36 39 50 5v4
EDM 2 4:32 PP 67 2 6 10 38 67 91 3 28 36 41 42 50 5v5
EDM 2 4:26 PP 67 2 6 10 38 67 91 3 28 36 41 42 50 5v5
TOR 2 3:49 SH 6 13 38 77 78 89 3 20 22 39 50 5v4
EDM 2 3:26 PP 89 6 13 38 77 78 89 3 20 22 39 50 5v4
EDM 2 3:49 PP 78 6 13 38 77 78 89 3 20 22 39 50 5v4
TOR 2 0:26 PP 6 10 27 38 77 22 33 36 45 50 84 4v5
TOR 3 18:33 PP 6 13 27 40 77 15 22 33 45 50 84 4v5
TOR 3 17:58 6 13 27 40 67 77 15 16 20 22 39 50 5v5
TOR 3 15:39 39 40 43 77 78 89 2 15 33 45 50 84 5v5
TOR 3 15:36 39 40 43 77 78 89 2 15 33 45 50 84 5v5
EDM 3 14:06 PP 6 6 12 27 40 89 3 22 50 51 4v3
EDM 3 14:04 PP 89 6 12 27 40 89 3 22 50 51 4v3
EDM 3 13:34 PP Goal 27 6 12 27 40 89 3 22 50 51 4v3
TOR 3 13:10 10 18 40 41 43 91 2 15 33 45 50 84 5v5
TOR 3 7:34 Post 2 12 40 77 89 91 3 16 22 45 50 84 5v5
TOR 3 6:53 2 12 13 27 40 41 2 3 41 42 50 81 5v5
TOR 3 6:27 Post 6 13 27 40 67 77 3 22 41 42 50 81 5v5
TOR 3 4:39 PP 2 10 40 49 3 15 41 42 50 81 3v5
TOR 3 4:22 PP Goal 2 10 40 49 3 15 41 42 50 81 3v5
TOR 3 3:27 6 16 40 77 78 89 2 15 18 28 50 51 5v5
TOR 3 3:26 6 16 40 77 78 89 2 15 18 28 50 51 5v5
EDM 3 2:32 PP 91 2 10 12 40 77 91 3 20 22 39 50 5v4
EDM 3 0:57 PP Goal 2 2 6 10 16 40 91 22 36 42 50 5v3
EDM 3 0:11 89 2 10 12 16 89 91 4 16 18 36 50 51 5v5
# Player EV PP SH
2 A. JOHNSON 12:22 4 8 2:18 1 0 2:25 0 2
6 R. WHITNEY 15:55 7 11 5:22 6 2 3:52 0 2
10 S. HORCOFF 9:55 6 3 2:28 1 0 5:06 0 4
12 R. NILSSON 10:11 2 9 2:44 4 1 0:35 0 0
13 A. COGLIANO 11:42 6 6 1:11 2 1 1:44 0 1
16 R. POTULNY 8:21 2 6 1:35 0 1 2:42 0 0
18 E. MOREAU 8:43 3 4 0:00 0 0 4:48 0 2
27 D. PENNER 11:13 6 5 2:16 3 1 2:12 0 2
38 J. DESLAURIERS 29:03 13 16 5:32 3 2 5:00 0 4
39 C. MINARD 8:50 1 7 0:48 1 0 0:00 0 0
40 D. DUBNYK 10:40 0 9 1:10 4 0 4:48 0 1
41 T. CHORNEY 14:21 5 7 0:53 0 0 2:45 0 0
43 J. STRUDWICK 14:02 5 8 0:00 0 0 4:10 0 0
46 Z. STORTINI 6:40 1 5 0:00 0 0 0:00 0 0
49 T. PECKHAM 7:43 1 5 0:00 0 0 2:32 0 3
67 G. BRULE 10:05 7 5 1:59 0 0 0:16 0 0
77 T. GILBERT 15:53 6 11 4:11 4 2 3:52 0 3
78 M. POULIOT 9:24 1 8 2:00 3 1 2:07 0 1
89 S. GAGNER 12:31 2 12 2:42 6 1 0:05 0 0
91 M. COMRIE 10:33 6 4 2:28 1 0 0:01 0 0
Period Totals EV PP 5v3 PP SH 5v3 SH
1 8 11 7 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 8 12 6 5 2 2 0 0 0 4 0 1
3 6 12 1 9 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 2
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 22 35 14 25 7 2 1 0 0 5 0 3
March 14th, 2010

Scoring Chances: G67 Oilers at Montreal, Mar 11th

Scoring Chances for NHL Game Number 20995

Team Period Time Note EDM Opponent  
MTL 1 18:40 Goal 39 40 41 43 78 89 14 20 41 46 79 94 5v5
EDM 1 17:39 Goal 12 6 12 16 40 46 77 6 15 41 52 61 75 5v5
EDM 1 16:48 13 2 13 27 40 49 67 6 21 41 44 57 91 5v5
EDM 1 16:17 PP Goal 89 6 39 40 77 78 89 14 26 32 41 75 5v4
EDM 1 14:20 27 6 13 27 40 67 77 21 26 41 57 75 91 5v5
EDM 1 13:34 78 2 39 40 49 78 89 26 41 46 57 75 91 5v5
MTL 1 10:30 2 13 27 40 49 67 20 21 41 57 75 91 5v5
MTL 1 10:15 Goal 2 13 27 40 49 67 20 21 41 57 79 91 5v5
MTL 1 9:18 39 40 41 43 78 89 6 14 41 44 46 94 5v5
EDM 1 5:02 78 2 10 34 40 49 78 20 21 41 57 79 91 5v5
MTL 1 1:54 PP 2 6 10 16 40 14 41 44 46 52 79 4v5
MTL 1 1:11 PP 2 6 10 16 40 14 41 44 46 52 79 4v5
MTL 1 1:16 PP 2 6 10 16 40 14 41 44 46 52 79 4v5
MTL 1 1:02 PP 2 6 10 16 40 14 41 44 46 52 79 4v5
MTL 1 0:24 PP 2 34 40 49 78 21 41 44 57 79 91 4v5
EDM 2 18:04 10 2 10 34 40 49 91 26 41 42 74 79 94 5v5
MTL 2 17:04 2 6 10 34 40 91 6 32 41 42 44 74 5v5
EDM 2 16:48 46 6 12 16 40 46 77 15 26 41 52 61 75 5v5
MTL 2 15:28 2 13 27 40 49 67 20 21 41 57 79 91 5v5
EDM 2 14:33 78 6 39 40 77 78 89 6 14 41 44 46 94 5v5
MTL 2 14:23 6 39 40 77 78 89 6 14 41 44 46 94 5v5
MTL 2 13:58 34 40 41 43 89 91 6 32 41 42 44 74 5v5
MTL 2 11:40 6 13 27 40 67 77 6 21 41 44 57 91 5v5
MTL 2 6:34 PP 2 10 16 40 77 6 14 26 41 46 57 4v5
EDM 2 5:27 67 6 13 27 40 67 77 20 21 41 52 79 91 5v5
MTL 2 4:36 39 40 41 43 78 89 6 32 41 42 44 74 5v5
MTL 2 0:35 Goal 13 27 40 41 43 67 26 32 41 42 74 75 5v5
MTL 2 2:05 6 10 34 40 49 77 6 15 21 26 41 91 5v5
MTL 2 1:59 6 10 34 40 49 77 6 15 21 26 41 91 5v5
EDM 3 19:33 27 2 13 27 40 49 67 6 21 41 44 57 91 5v5
EDM 3 19:32 Goal 13 2 13 27 40 49 67 6 21 41 44 57 91 5v5
MTL 3 17:55 PP 16 40 43 77 14 21 41 46 79 91 3v5
MTL 3 17:08 PP 6 16 40 77 14 21 41 46 79 91 3v5
EDM 3 15:45 67 13 27 40 49 67 77 6 41 42 44 52 57 5v5
MTL 3 14:16 10 34 40 41 77 91 20 21 41 57 79 91 5v5
EDM 3 13:58 34 10 34 40 43 77 91 20 21 41 57 79 91 5v5
EDM 3 12:59 12 2 12 16 40 46 49 6 14 41 44 46 94 5v5
EDM 3 12:16 41 13 27 40 41 43 67 15 26 41 52 61 75 5v5
MTL 3 11:55 Goal 13 27 40 41 43 67 26 32 41 42 74 79 5v5
EDM 3 10:41 Goal 10 2 10 34 40 43 91 6 21 41 44 57 91 5v5
EDM 3 9:23 27 post 2 13 27 40 43 67 20 32 41 42 74 79 5v5
EDM 3 9:22 27 post 13 27 40 43 67 77 20 32 41 42 74 79 5v5
EDM 3 7:44 PP 91 10 40 41 77 89 91 20 41 42 44 74 5v4
EDM 3 7:42 PP 12 10 40 41 77 89 91 20 41 42 44 74 5v4
MTL 3 2:01 2 39 40 49 78 89 26 32 41 42 74 75 5v5
MTL 3 2:00 2 39 40 49 78 89 26 32 41 42 74 75 5v5
EDM 3 0:56 27 13 27 40 49 67 77 6 14 41 44 46 57 5v5
MTL 4 3:51 PP 10 40 43 77 14 21 41 79 91 3v4
EDM 4 0:49 SH 10 10 40 43 77 14 21 41 79 91 3v4
EDM 4 0:01 27 27 40 77 89 26 41 42 79 3v3
# Player EV PP SH
2 A. JOHNSON 19:38 9 6 1:16 0 0 5:20 0 6
6 R. WHITNEY 12:34 5 5 1:34 1 0 4:03 0 4
10 S. HORCOFF 12:14 4 4 2:19 2 0 7:21 1 6
12 R. NILSSON 10:41 3 0 0:43 0 0 0:00 0 0
13 A. COGLIANO 15:52 10 6 0:00 0 0 0:23 0 0
16 R. POTULNY 10:32 3 0 0:43 0 0 3:59 0 5
27 D. PENNER 16:40 11 6 0:43 0 0 0:13 0 0
34 F. PISANI 12:07 4 5 0:00 0 0 3:49 0 1
39 C. MINARD 9:20 2 6 1:34 1 0 0:00 0 0
40 D. DUBNYK 49:17 20 17 4:14 3 0 10:12 1 7
41 T. CHORNEY 12:56 1 7 1:57 2 0 0:10 0 0
43 J. STRUDWICK 16:00 5 6 0:00 0 0 4:13 1 1
46 Z. STORTINI 10:35 3 0 0:00 0 0 0:00 0 0
49 T. PECKHAM 19:53 9 7 0:00 0 0 1:30 0 1
67 G. BRULE 14:31 10 6 1:02 0 0 0:00 0 0
77 T. GILBERT 18:00 10 5 3:41 3 0 5:08 1 2
78 M. POULIOT 9:55 3 6 1:12 1 0 2:06 0 1
89 S. GAGNER 10:53 3 7 2:29 3 0 0:04 0 0
91 M. COMRIE 10:47 3 3 1:57 2 0 0:00 0 0
Period Totals EV PP 5v3 PP SH 5v3 SH
1 6 9 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
2 4 10 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
3 12 6 10 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Totals 24 26 20 17 3 0 0 0 1 7 0 2
March 9th, 2010

Tweets of the day

I’ll say it again - if you aren’t following people on Twitter, you’re missing some fairly entertaining interactions.

Joffrey Lupul: “Hitting people in the head w/ ur shoulder is part of NHL hockey. We’re big boys. Discuss..”

Now, this is particularly funny, given that Lupul basically goes out of his way to avoid the risk of taking a hit. I’m convinced that he slows up when he’s going to be first to the puck but at the cost of taking a hit or at least that he did in Edmonton. The kind of game he plays - he’s not a puck carrier - means that he’s probably at less risk of actually taking a shot to the head than most forwards. Easy for him to declare that that should continue to be a risk, when he doesn’t actually run it.

Of course, when TSN’s Gino Reda chimed in, it got weird:

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March 7th, 2010

Scoring Chances: G65 Devils at Oilers, Mar 7th

Scoring Chances for NHL Game Number 20972

Team Period Time Note EDM Opponent  
EDM 1 18:53 13 13 19 38 41 43 67 6 9 15 19 24 30 5v5
EDM 1 17:11 16 6 16 38 46 77 91 6 8 17 24 26 30 5v5
EDM 1 12:08 12 12 38 41 43 78 89 6 9 15 19 24 30 5v5
EDM 1 8:15 27 2 16 38 46 49 91 6 18 21 23 29 30 5v5
NJD 1 6:22 12 38 41 43 78 89 9 15 19 28 29 30 5v5
NJD 1 3:28 2 19 38 49 78 89 9 15 19 28 29 30 5v5
NJD 1 3:32 2 19 38 49 78 89 9 15 19 28 29 30 5v5
EDM 2 18:37 Goal 67 13 19 38 41 43 67 12 21 23 28 29 30 5v5
NJD 2 15:39 2 10 12 38 43 67 5 8 9 17 27 30 5v5
EDM 2 15:31 12 2 12 38 43 78 89 5 8 9 17 27 30 5v5
EDM 2 15:20 78 2 12 38 43 78 89 8 17 26 28 29 30 5v5
EDM 2 14:34 19 6 12 16 38 77 78 15 17 19 28 29 30 5v5
NJD 2 11:42 13 19 38 41 43 67 6 17 19 24 26 30 5v5
EDM 2 9:33 PP 89 2 12 38 41 78 89 5 12 15 27 30 5v4
NJD 2 7:11 2 6 16 38 46 91 6 12 18 24 26 30 5v5
EDM 2 6:05 10 6 10 27 34 38 77 5 9 17 19 27 30 5v5
EDM 2 4:51 19 13 19 38 41 43 67 12 15 26 28 29 30 5v5
EDM 2 3:55 6 6 12 38 77 78 89 5 9 17 19 27 30 5v5
EDM 2 1:50 34 6 10 27 34 38 77 5 8 17 26 27 30 5v5
NJD 2 1:17 6 13 27 34 38 77 5 8 17 26 27 30 5v5
EDM 2 0:20 19 13 19 38 41 67 77 6 9 15 19 24 30 5v5
NJD 3 14:13 6 16 38 77 78 91 6 8 17 24 26 30 5v5
NJD 3 12:37 2 10 27 34 38 49 6 8 17 24 26 30 5v5
EDM 3 11:32 Goal 78 12 38 41 43 78 89 5 17 21 23 29 30 5v5
EDM 3 10:54 27 6 10 27 34 38 77 8 17 24 26 27 30 5v5
EDM 3 10:52 34 6 10 27 34 38 77 8 17 24 26 27 30 5v5
EDM 3 9:54 10 2 10 27 38 77 5 9 19 27 30 4v4
EDM 3 8:43 78 19 38 41 43 78 12 15 24 27 30 4v4
NJD 3 7:07 2 12 38 49 78 89 6 8 12 17 24 30 5v5
EDM 3 1:58 PP 16 6 16 19 38 77 91 6 21 24 26 30 5v4
EDM 3 1:57 PP 16 6 16 19 38 77 91 6 21 24 26 30 5v4
EDM 3 1:11 PP 12 6 12 38 77 89 91 5 15 17 27 30 5v4
EDM 3 1:04 PP 91 6 12 38 77 89 91 5 15 17 27 30 5v4
# Player EV PP SH
2 A. JOHNSON 16:27 4 6 1:55 1 0 0:14 0 0
6 R. WHITNEY 20:59 7 3 4:13 4 0 0:34 0 0
10 S. HORCOFF 14:07 5 2 2:09 0 0 0:32 0 0
12 R. NILSSON 12:01 6 3 1:21 3 0 0:00 0 0
13 A. COGLIANO 14:01 4 2 0:00 0 0 0:00 0 0
16 R. POTULNY 11:31 3 2 2:33 2 0 0:27 0 0
19 P. O’SULLIVAN 13:47 5 3 2:33 2 0 1:01 0 0
27 D. PENNER 14:29 5 2 1:56 0 0 0:32 0 0
34 F. PISANI 13:41 4 2 0:32 0 0 0:27 0 0
38 J. DESLAURIERS 52:00 18 10 6:00 5 0 2:00 0 0
41 T. CHORNEY 15:24 7 2 1:44 1 0 1:12 0 0
43 J. STRUDWICK 17:17 8 3 0:03 0 0 1:12 0 0
46 Z. STORTINI 11:01 2 1 0:00 0 0 0:00 0 0
49 T. PECKHAM 14:20 1 4 0:00 0 0 0:14 0 0
67 G. BRULE 13:43 4 2 1:37 0 0 0:00 0 0
77 T. GILBERT 20:03 9 2 4:05 4 0 0:34 0 0
78 M. POULIOT 11:45 7 5 0:40 1 0 1:01 0 0
89 S. GAGNER 12:08 5 4 1:18 3 0 0:00 0 0
91 M. COMRIE 11:16 2 2 3:21 4 0 0:00 0 0
Period Totals EV PP 5v3 PP SH 5v3 SH
1 4 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 10 4 9 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 9 3 5 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 23 10 18 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
March 7th, 2010

Civil forfeiture in British Columbia

One of the reasons I’m not wild about Canadian politics is that I see it taking on an increasingly American bent in terms of law and order issues. Federally, the Conservatives don’t care about evidence based policy, the Liberals are terrified of being painted as soft on crime and the NDP is irrelevant. Mandatory minimum sentences are an example of an American policy that’s creeping into Canada. Radley Balko’s written a lot about civil forfeiture in the United States, which is a process by which the state can lay claim to assets that it believes are associated with crime. It’s rife with problems in the United States - in many states, the agency seizing the assets gets a cut of the return, which creates an incentive for agencies to run cases in order to try and gain control of the property. In many cases, the burden of proof that has to be met by the state is much lower than the burden the state has to discharge to prove that someone created a crime:

The 1984 law lowered the bar for civil forfeiture. To seize property, the government had only to show probable cause to believe that it was connected to drug activity, or the same standard cops use to obtain search warrants. The state was allowed to use hearsay evidence—meaning a federal agent could testify that a drug informant told him a car or home was used in a drug transaction—but property owners were barred from using hearsay, and couldn’t even cross-examine some of the government’s witnesses. Informants, while being protected from scrutiny, were incentivized monetarily: According to the law, snitches could receive as much as one-quarter of the bounty, up to $50,000 per case.

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March 5th, 2010

Scoring Chances: G64 Wild at Oilers, Mar 5th

Scoring Chances for NHL Game Number 20954

Team Period Time Note EDM Opponent  
MIN 1 18:50 2 28 38 49 78 89 3 6 14 16 32 48 5v5
EDM 1 17:41 19 6 13 19 38 67 77 8 11 12 32 45 51 5v5
EDM 1 13:58 19 6 13 19 38 67 77 9 15 20 32 34 55 5v5
EDM 1 13:10 Goal 91 2 16 38 46 49 91 8 14 16 32 45 48 5v5
EDM 1 10:33 PP 41 2 16 38 41 46 91 14 16 32 45 55 5v4
EDM 1 9:56 89 19 38 43 49 78 89 8 16 21 32 45 48 5v5
MIN 1 9:06 PP 6 16 38 77 78 3 9 14 15 20 32 4v5
MIN 1 8:15 PP 13 19 38 41 43 11 16 32 34 48 55 4v5
MIN 1 7:53 PP 2 10 27 38 77 3 12 21 22 32 55 4v5
MIN 1 7:46 PP 2 10 27 38 77 3 12 21 22 32 55 4v5
MIN 1 4:33 PP 2 16 19 38 41 8 11 16 32 45 48 4v5
MIN 1 2:41 PP 13 19 38 41 43 67 8 14 32 45 48 51 5v5
MIN 1 0:14 2 13 19 38 49 67 3 6 9 15 20 32 5v5
EDM 2 15:59 13 2 13 19 38 46 49 3 6 11 14 32 51 5v5
MIN 2 14:37 10 12 27 38 41 43 3 6 11 12 32 51 5v5
MIN 2 12:26 Goal 6 13 19 38 67 77 6 16 20 32 48 55 5v5
EDM 2 10:18 17 6 13 19 38 67 77 21 22 24 32 34 55 5v5
EDM 2 10:02 67 6 13 19 38 67 77 21 22 24 32 34 55 5v5
EDM 2 9:37 91 6 16 38 43 46 91 21 22 32 34 48 55 5v5
EDM 2 9:35 16 6 16 38 43 46 91 21 22 32 34 48 55 5v5
EDM 2 0:58 67 2 13 19 38 49 67 8 14 16 32 45 48 5v5
MIN 3 17:46 2 13 19 38 49 67 3 6 11 12 32 51 5v5
EDM 3 17:11 10 6 10 12 27 38 77 3 6 21 22 24 32 5v5
MIN 3 15:38 2 19 38 49 78 89 8 14 16 32 45 48 5v5
EDM 3 15:26 78 2 19 38 49 78 89 3 6 14 16 32 48 5v5
EDM 3 14:46 67 6 13 16 38 67 77 11 12 32 34 51 55 5v5
EDM 3 14:20 67 6 13 16 38 67 77 8 11 12 32 45 51 5v5
MIN 3 14:08 10 12 27 38 41 43 8 11 12 32 45 51 5v5
MIN 3 13:13 2 16 38 46 49 91 16 20 32 34 48 55 5v5
EDM 3 10:30 10 2 10 12 27 38 49 3 6 9 15 20 32 5v5
MIN 3 9:51 6 16 38 46 77 91 14 16 32 34 48 55 5v5
MIN 3 9:12 6 16 38 46 77 91 8 14 16 32 45 48 5v5
MIN 3 8:38 6 16 38 46 77 91 3 14 16 32 45 48 5v5
EDM 3 2:13 67 2 13 19 38 41 67 3 6 9 15 20 32 5v5
EDM 3 0:27 19 6 16 19 38 43 67 3 6 11 21 22 32 5v5
MIN 4 4:38 6 10 27 38 77 8 9 32 45 48 4v4
MIN 4 4:34 6 10 27 38 77 8 9 32 45 48 4v4
MIN 4 4:18 6 10 27 38 77 3 16 32 45 48 4v4
EDM 4 1:58 19 16 19 38 41 43 8 9 14 32 45 4v4
MIN 4 0:36 PP 16 19 38 41 43 3 8 9 15 32 4v4
MIN 4 0:35 PP 16 19 38 41 43 3 8 9 15 32 4v4
MIN 4 0:02 PP 16 19 38 41 43 3 8 9 15 32 4v4
# Player EV PP SH
2 A. JOHNSON 18:22 6 5 1:22 1 0 1:03 0 3
6 R. WHITNEY 22:21 10 7 2:40 0 0 1:19 0 1
10 S. HORCOFF 17:24 2 5 0:34 0 0 1:30 0 2
12 R. NILSSON 15:05 2 2 0:45 0 0 0:00 0 0
13 A. COGLIANO 11:34 9 4 1:32 0 0 1:23 0 1
16 R. POTULNY 15:34 7 7 1:57 1 0 1:01 0 2
19 P. O’SULLIVAN 17:21 11 8 1:55 0 0 1:53 0 2
27 D. PENNER 17:17 2 5 0:34 0 0 1:31 0 2
28 R. JONES 4:19 0 1 0:00 0 0 0:00 0 0
38 J. DESLAURIERS 56:33 18 18 4:04 1 0 4:00 0 5
41 T. CHORNEY 16:57 2 6 1:19 1 0 2:01 0 2
43 J. STRUDWICK 18:03 5 6 0:05 0 0 1:38 0 1
46 Z. STORTINI 9:16 4 4 0:27 1 0 0:00 0 0
49 T. PECKHAM 17:23 6 5 0:01 0 0 0:12 0 0
67 G. BRULE 10:08 9 4 1:44 0 0 0:00 0 0
77 T. GILBERT 20:08 7 7 2:41 0 0 1:47 0 3
78 M. POULIOT 13:18 2 2 0:01 0 0 0:41 0 1
89 S. GAGNER 14:51 2 2 1:04 0 0 0:00 0 0
91 M. COMRIE 14:51 3 4 1:39 1 0 0:01 0 0
Period Totals EV PP 5v3 PP SH 5v3 SH
1 5 8 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
2 6 2 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 1 6 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 19 23 18 18 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0